Dan Post’s Custom Car Literature
Dan Post was the first to comprehensive describe, detail and share what was happening in the custom car movement in America. He did so by recording what he saw and learned and sharing this in 10 separate mimeographs, booklets and books that he published and sold from 1944 to 1954.
Dan Post’s Published Custom Car Literature
Dan Post Custom Car Literature: 1947 to 1954
What Was Published and When it was Published
Articles On The History of Dan Post Custom Car Literature
The Dan Post Archives: The History of Custom Car Literature – 1947 to 1954
When Did It Start, What Did They Publish, and Why It Was Researched
Undiscovered Classics: November 18, 2019
Customs Reprinted
Re-Issuing The Elusive Dan Post Customing Collection
The Rodder’s Journal #56: Summer, 2013
Customs In Print
Dan Post Published It First
The Rodder’s Journal #45: Fall, 2009
The Roots of Customizing
– First Article That Reviews the History of Dan Post Custom Car Literature –
Author: Albert Drake
Street Rod Action: November, 1989
Reissued 2013: Dan Post Custom Car Box Set
Dan Post Custom & Restyling Box Set
Reprinted Custom Car Material
Strother Macminn’s Photos for Dan Post Books
Quotes That Dan Post Shared on the Back of His Custom Car Books
“You have the car. You have the ability to customize it. Now you have the ideas. Serving as your own artist and remodeler, only the job lies ahead.”
Remodeler’s Manual For Restyling Your Car: 1944, 1945
Master Custom-Restyling Manual: 1947
“Originality is simply a fresh pair of eyes.”
Remodeler’s Manual For Restyling Your Car: 1945, 1946
Master Custom-Restyling Manual: 1947
“A job begun is half done”
Master Custom-Restyling Manual: 1947
“There is no intellect that does not desire to create continually, and the pleasure in the perception of a new or unaccustomed form of unity is comparable to that of original achievement: Herbert Langfeld – The Aestetic Attitude”
California Custom Car Photo Album: 1947
Blue Book of Custom Restyling: 1949, 1951, 1952/1953
“Everybody drives a used car”
“In buying a used car, you have only your own judgment, plus the integrity of the dealer from whom you buy it”
Judging The Used Car: 1947